NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK SERIES

Released after his suicide in 1994, it was inevitable that the album was greeted with the kind of fervour that in days gone by might have been accorded to the relics of a martyred Saint. Had Cobain lived this set would be viewed as a mildly entertaining but probably flawed diversion from the real action. ItРІР‚в„ўs interesting that they seem to audibly relax and stretch a little when playing other peopleРІР‚в„ўs songsРІР‚вЂњnotably on the Meat PuppetsРІР‚в„ў lamentation РІР‚СљOh MeРІР‚Сњ and The VaselinesРІР‚в„ў РІР‚СљJesus DoesnРІР‚в„ўt Want Me For A Sunbeam.РІР‚Сњ The show was aired on MTV on December 16, 1993.

NIRVANA MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK SERIES

The album features an acoustic performance recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993, for the television series MTV Unplugged.

As with most of the grunge movement their material is so intrinsically linked to the juice that without it, this stuff has a slightly hollow ring to it. 'MTV Unplugged In New York' is a live album by American rock band Nirvana, released on Novemby Geffen/DGC Records. With more cutting-edge than a sawmill working double shifts, NirvanaРІР‚в„ўs clout was always located in their sound as much as the songs themselves, whose essence was utterly defined by their reliance on electricity. Only РІР‚СљSomething In The WayРІР‚Сњ with added cello gravitas seems to be comfortable in its new arrangement. What do we learn from the gentle stroll-through renditions of РІР‚СљCome As You AreРІР‚Сњ or РІР‚СљAbout A GirlРІР‚Сњ that wasnРІР‚в„ўt said more successfully on the originals? The muted expression in these campfire run-throughs, as though the band are sensitive about having their playing exposed to the kind of scrutiny the Unplugged format invites, makes them tentative and tepid compared to their fiery forebears. Neil YoungРІР‚в„ўs Unplugged and his version of РІР‚СљLike A HurricaneРІР‚Сњ immediately springs to mind. When it works best it tells us something new about both the singer and the song. Appealing to our sense of romantic nostalgia for a time when music making was about connecting flesh and bone to wood and wire rather than the mains socket, Unplugged has seen many occasions when rock songs stripped of all their sonic frills and amplified heat become reinvented and revelatory.

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